Mileage-book and coupon-ticket protector



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MILEAGE BOQK AND COUPON TICKET PROTECTOR.

No. 598,125. Patented Nov. 2, 1897.

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UNIT D STATES ADOLPH ROSEDALE, OF TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA.

MILEAGE-BOOK AND COUPON-TICKET PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,125, dated November 2, 1897.

' Application filed June 20, 1896. Serial N|59B,326. (N0 11106.91)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADOLPH ROSEDALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tallahassee, in the county of Leon and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mileage-Book and Coupon- Ticket Protectors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in means for preventing the use of railroad coupon or mileage tickets or books by any other person than the original purchaser Without detection, and thus protecting the company against the buying and selling of these tickets at cheap rates by scalpers, as is at present the practice.

My invention will be understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same parts are indicated by the same letters throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an open railroad mileage ticket or book, showing the inside of the page of the cover upon which is printed the identification-card, with my improved protector removed therefrom, and also shows the said protector in position to he slipped over the said identification-card. Fig. 2 is a view of the ticket or book closed and having the protector-casing in position thereon and sealed. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with parts broken away, showing a different form of seal. v

A represents the ticket or book, and A rep resents one of the pages of its cover, upon which is printed the usual form to be filled out, with the signature and description of the purchaser of the ticket and the date of selling of the ticket.

B represents a hollow jacket or case, the interior chamber 13 of which is just large enough to allow the said jacket or case to fit snugly over the page A of the ticket or book A.

In Figs. 2 and 8, C represents a wire or cord which passes through a pair of holes a and b", punched through the jacket B and the incloscd page of the ticket, and D represents a seal by means of which the ends of the two wires or cords are joined together.

I may use a leaden seal, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, in which case a wire would be preferable, or I may use a wax seal and a cord, as shown in Fig. i. I do not wish to limit myself to any particular form of seal for joining the two ends of the wire or cord, as any suitable kind of a seal may be used.

The holes 66 and b for the passage of the wire or cord should preferably be made with a stamp or punch by the ticket-agent after the jacket has been slipped over the identification portion of the ticket, as these will then be made to coincide without any trouble, or, if preferred, they maybe made before hand.

The jacket 13 may be made of any suitable material, but preferably of metal-such as aluminium, copper, or the like.

My protective jacket is applied in the following manner: At the time the ticket is sold the railroad companys agent fills in the date of purchase and the description of the purchaser, and the purchaser puts his signature in the place provided therefor. The agent then slips the jacket B over the page containing this description and signature of the purchaser, and then by means of a suitable punch he makes a pair of perforations through the said jacket and the inclosed page of the ticket. The jacket is then sealed upon this page by passing a small wire or cord through these perforations and then applying a suitable seal to the ends thereof, as shown. This seal should bear the railroad companys mark to prevent its easy removal and replacement without detection.

The conductor should be provided with a suitable instrument for breaking the seal for the purpose of examining the identificationcard and then rescaling the same.

It will be seen that by the use of my protective jacket a railroad company can protect itself against the buying and selling or using of these tickets by scalpel-s and other third parties, as is now commonly the practice, greatly to their loss.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination with the identificationcard of a railway, or other passage, ticket; of a thin flat hollow metallic jacket adapted to be slipped over said identification-card, and to conceal and protect the same; and a seal for preventing the removal of said jacket without breaking said seal, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the back or cover Aof a railway mileage or coupon ticket, of the thin hollow metallic jacket B open at one end and having perforations b therethrough the cord or wire 0 passing through said perforations and through said back or cover A,

ADOLPH ROSEDALE.

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